Badly Done Wood Floor

Hardwood floors in a home create charm style and resale value with very little maintenance.

Badly done wood floor.

Done correctly a spot repair is all but unnoticeable provided you ve correctly matched the finish and if necessary the stain. Every year an estimated 1 billion worth of hardwood floor damage occurs across the country. We used minwax low voc semi gloss polyurethane and it worked great. It also works on plastic laminate floors.

Instead use a simple chemical etching technique and apply a new topcoat of finish. I used a stain sealer on a broomstick and each pass only took about 30 minutes. You do need to be careful with the sealing pad. It did smell bad just not as bad as most polyurethanes.

And if you re looking for all the resources you can get your hands on check out my other two posts. 8 tips for refinishing hardwood floors and what to do if you get a bad floor sander. Occasionally however you need to refinish the. I still have another two rooms to do.

When problems arise or when a floor fails it can be costly. How to fix an uneven stain on refinished wood floors. Installing a wood floor requires a substantial investment in materials and labor. The total bill for this.

The polyurethane we used was also low voc and it didn t stink to high heaven. Test the finish a number of tests can help you determine if the finish has actually worn through whether or not the floor is waxed and what type of finish you re dealing with.